Volunteers needed to clean up in Staten Island's New Dorp community

Volunteers are needed for this weekend's New Dorp Community Clean-Up. Staten Island Advance

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- More than 100 volunteers are needed for this weekend's New Dorp Community Clean-Up.

The event will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with volunteers meeting in the parking lot of Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 128 Cedar Grove Ave.

Volunteers will fan out to work along the roadside, picking up ash and items along Cedar Grove and connecting side streets. They will also be teamed with rebuilding crews who have been working on homes in the area that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Skilled workers are being sought for rebuilding efforts.

The project is being sponsored by the following groups – Waves of Action, the Natural Resource Protective Association and ForTheShore.org, according to Keith W. Jacobsen, who is directing the effort.